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  • Geneva Streets Painted Black to Call Out Big Oil’s Chokehold on Global Plastic Treaty Talks. © Samuel Schalch / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Plastics

    Still no Plastics Treaty: How the fossil fuel industry keeps polluting negotiations

    It’s time for world leaders to confront the elephant in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiation room: Big Oil.

    Sarah King •
    19 Aug 2025
    7 min read
  • "Made for the bin?!" Action against Fast Fashion in Vienna.
    Stories
    Plastics

    How fast fashion fuels climate change, plastic pollution, and violence

    We all have to wear clothes, and they need to be affordable for everyone. But there is a better way.

    Helle Abelvik-Lawson •
    22 Sep 2023
    12 min read
  • Nuclear Power Plant Philippsburg. © Bernd Hartung / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Nuclear, Peace

    6 reasons why nuclear energy is not the way to a green and peaceful world

    With the costs and efficiency of renewable energy solutions improving year on year, and the effects of our rapidly changing climate accelerating across the globe, we need to take an honest look at some of the myths being perpetuated by the nuclear industry and its supporters. Here are six reasons why nuclear power is not…

    Mehdi Leman •
    18 Mar 2022
    8 min read
  • Crew of the Greenpeace. © Greenpeace / Robert Keziere
    Stories
    50Years

    A Brief History of Environmentalism

    Anthropologists have found evidence of human-induced animal and plant extinctions from 50,000 BCE, when only about 200,000 Homo sapiens roamed the Earth. We can only speculate about how these early humans reacted, but migrating to new habitats appears to be a common response.

    Rex Weyler •
    5 Jan 2018
    8 min read

  • Rainbow Warrior in Panama. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
    Stories
    RainbowWarrior AboutUs Oceans

    LIVE from the Pacific #3: Crossing the Panama Canal and encountering dolphins

    We were sailing from the Caribbean to the Pacific. We queued up for two days before crossing the Canal, due to the ship traffic.

    Kelly Huang •
    7 May 2021
    4 min read
  • Rainbow Warrior in the Pacific. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
    Stories
    RainbowWarrior AboutUs Oceans

    LIVE from the Pacific #2: How to live for 3 months at sea

    At the moment when I was writing this blog, the ship was rolling a lot. Although everyone is full of spirit to carry out our mission, when it comes to sea sickness, no matter how strong you are, many can hardly resist the power of nature.

    Kelly Huang •
    30 Apr 2021
    4 min read
  • Portrait Kelly Huang. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
    Stories
    RainbowWarrior AboutUs Oceans

    LIVE from the Pacific #1: Departure! 3 months at sea to protect the ocean

    In 2021, I took on a different challenge. I joined the Global Protect the Oceans team to fight for the planet in the campaign frontline, and will be creating and telling stories from the Rainbow Warrior at sea.

    Kelly Huang •
    23 Apr 2021
    5 min read
  • Protest Against Deep Sea Mining In The Pacific. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
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    RainbowWarrior AboutUs Oceans

    Deep sea mining industry confronted at sea for first time by Greenpeace

    Activists on the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior have taken the first ever action at sea against companies preparing to mine the Pacific Ocean seabed.

    Greenpeace International •
    6 Apr 2021
    2 min read
  • Dorothy Stowe and Marie Bohlen. © Robert Stowe
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    The women at the start of the Greenpeace journey

    In honour of Women’s History Month, we want to highlight the women who were part of the start of the incredible Greenpeace journey.

    Greenpeace International •
    22 Mar 2021
    2 min read
  • Climate Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. © Christian Braga / Greenpeace
    Stories
    AboutUs Climate Health

    The ties that bind us, and move us forward

    Over the past six months, Greenpeace has been collaborating with young activists, influencers, scientists, and journalists, to co-create a space that showcases the interconnectedness of the work they do.

    Sophie Schroder •
    19 Mar 2021
    3 min read
  • Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti sits reading a paperback book at Caffe Trieste in 2012. Photo by Cmichel67 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    Memories of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021) aboard a Greenpeace ship

    In the summer of 1977, American poet, publisher, and innovative book seller, Lawrence Ferlinghetti joined the crew of the Greenpeace ship during the whale campaign and he wrote an historic poem in the ship's dreambook. On 22 February 2021, he died from lung disease, at the age of 101.

    Rex Weyler •
    3 Mar 2021
    4 min read
  • Underwater Nuclear Warhead Explosion
    Stories
    AboutUs Peace Nuclear

    Nuclear weapons are illegal at last

    Nuclear arms are the most destructive, indiscriminate and monstrous weapons ever produced - but today, we can all celebrate a major milestone in the long march towards peace: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is now part of international law!

    Greenpeace International •
    22 Jan 2021
    3 min read
  • Dorothy Stowe and Rex Weyler. © Greenpeace / Alan Katowitz
    Stories
    AboutUs 50Years

    Remembering Dorothy Stowe, 1920-2010

    Dorothy Stowe would be 100 today. She passed away peacefully ten years ago in Vancouver, where she co-founded Greenpeace with her husband Irving and other Vancouver pacifists and ecologists.

    Rex Weyler •
    22 Dec 2020
    1 min read
  • © Robert Ormerod / Greenpeace
    Stories
    AboutUs Forests Oceans Oil Coal Climate Photography

    Best Greenpeace actions photos 2020

    2020 has been a difficult year for so many of us. Lockdowns and social distancing became the “new normal”, changing our lives as if we’re living through a science fiction movie.

    Sudhanshu Malhotra •
    11 Dec 2020
    4 min read
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